System and method for automated connection triggered by availability status

A method comprising:

• monitoring an availability status of a contacted party at a connection device;
• in response to the availability status indicating that the contacted party is not available, automatically generating a request to connect to the contacted party when the contacted party becomes available;
• storing the request in memory;
• and
• triggering an automatic connection to the contacted party when:
• the availability status is indicated as having changed from not available to available at the connection device,
• an availability status of a contacting party indicates that the contacting party is available, and
• the request to connect to the contacted party is pending;
• wherein the automatic connection comprises:
• immediately establishing a connection between the connection device and a second connection device of the contacting party, and
• after establishing the connection, notifying the contacting party and the contacted party that the connection is available,
• wherein, for each of the contacting party and the contacted party, the respective availability status is set as:
• available when the respective connection device of the respective party is not engaged in another connection at the time of the changed availability status, and
• not available when respective connection device of the respective party is engaged in another connection at the time of the changed availability status.

A system, comprising:

• a connection manager, wherein the connection manager:
• generates a request to connect to a contacted party;
• monitors an availability status of the contacted party;
• responsive to:
• (i) an indication that the availability status of the contacted party has changed from not available to available, (ii) an indication that the availability status of a contacting party is set to available, and (iii) the request to connect is pending, triggers an automatic connection to the contacted party;
• and
• after triggering the automatic connection, notifying a contacting party and the contacted party that the connection is available, and
• a storage device to store the request that is to be executed by the connection manager when the contacted party becomes available,
• wherein the automatic connection comprises immediately establishing a connection between the connection device and a second connection device of the contacting party, and
• wherein, for each of the contacting party and the contacted party, the respective availability status is set as:
• available when the respective connection device of the respective party is not engaged in another connection at the time of the changed availability status, and
• not available when respective connection device of the respective party is engaged in another connection at the time of the changed availability status.

A system, comprising:

• a connection manager, wherein the connection manager:
• generates a request to connect to a contacted party;
• monitors an availability status of the contacted party;
• responsive to an indication from the availability status that the contacted party is available and an indication from an availability status of a contacting party that the contacting party is available, triggers an automatic connection to the contacted party in response to the request;
• and
• after triggering the automatic connection, notifying a contacting party and the contacted party that the connection is available,
• a storage device to store the request that is to be executed by the connection manager when the contacted party becomes available, and
• an email server to provide a first or second signal to the connection manager indicating whether the contacted party is available, wherein:
• when the contacted party is available, the email server provides the first signal when the email server detects at least one of:
• the contacted party has turned off the contacted party's automatic reply function,
• the contacted party has accessed the contacted party's email folder, and
• the contacted party has sent an email and
• when the contacted party is unavailable, the email server provides the second signal when the email server detects at least one of:
• the contacted party has turned on the contacted party's automatic reply function,
• the contacted party's number of emails exceeds a specified number, and
• the contacted party has not accessed the contacted party's email for a specified time period.

A connection manager comprising:

• a processor to:
• monitor an availability status of a contacted party at a connection device;
• immediately establish a connection from a contacting party to a contacted party, in response to:
• (i) a connection request, (ii) an indication that the availability status has changed from not available to available, and (iii) an indication that the availability status of a contacting party is set to available;
• and
• subsequently notify the contacting party and the contacted party that the connection is available,
• wherein, for each of the contacting party and the contacted party, the respective availability status is set as:
• available when the respective connection device of the respective party is not engaged in another connection at the time of the changed availability status, and
• not available when respective connection device of the respective party is engaged in another connection at the time of the changed availability status.